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Naspers hikes CEO’s pay as profit rises

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Naspers increased the compensation of CEO Bob van Dijk by 5% as the company prepares to further boost its international Internet business in the face of falling pay-television customers in sub-Saharan Africa. Van Dijk was paid US$1,67m

SA caught in low-growth trap

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South Africa’s economy is in a low-growth trap and the central bank is unable to assist its recovery, according to governor Lesetja Kganyago. “We are concerned about what has been happening with the growth outlook,” Kganyago

FNB moves to fix outage

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First National Bank says it has fixed a connectivity issue that impacted its services on Sunday. Clients of FNB on Sunday turned to social media to complain of an outage that affected banking and even mobile phone services. Several customers

FNB down – major outage hits bank

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First National Bank clients on Sunday reported being unable to use their bank cards at the point of sale or at ATMs as a major outage hit the financial services institution. Users turned to social media to share their frustration

At 0% growth, SA on a hiding to nothing

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South Africa’s economy needs to start expanding, and by a much higher rate, if it hopes to make any dent in poverty, says local economist Dawie Roodt. Projections for South Africa’s economy have gone from bad to worse with the South

Now Vuyo Mvoko to challenge SABC in court

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One of the SABC 8, Vuyo Mvoko, will be approaching the high court to put him back on the air after the broadcaster terminated its contract with him. Mvoko said his lawyers were filing the papers on Friday morning. The application

Eskom turns back on private power producers

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Eskom’s shock decision not to enter into further power purchase agreements beyond the department of energy’s bid round 4.5 is in line with its earlier stance towards the renewable energy procurement programme and might impact investors, Ashburton

Election watch: ANC trailing DA in new survey

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The ANC is trailing the main opposition party in three key cities including Pretoria, the capital, and Johannesburg, before municipal elections on 3 August, the latest eNCA public opinion survey shows. ANC support slumped by two points to

Telkom detonates bomb on mobile rivals

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Twenty gigabytes of mobile 4G/LTE data a month, free on-network calls, 1 500 minutes of free calls to other networks, zero-rated WhatsApp and Viber, free SMSes, and free and unlimited Wi-Fi access at